‘Forty shilling freeholders’ owned or rented land of, or above, that value. Having land of this value allowed these people to vote up to 1829 when the Catholic Relief Act raised the sum. Numerous lists for different counties and different years have been produced with the names below coming from an 1831 list for Dublin. [1]

James Buggy

Date of Registry: 11 April / Place of Abode: Dolphin’s Barn / Occupation: Labourer / Situation of Freehold: Coldblow Lane / Description of Freehold: Land /Names of Lives, Or Other Tenure: Lease for Lives, Renewable For Ever / Whether by Residence or Tithing and Grazing: Nothing Entered

William Buggy

Date of Registry: 22 April / Place of Abode: Thomas Street / Occupation: Labourer / Situation of Freehold: Coldblow Lane / Description of Freehold: Land /Names of Lives, Or Other Tenure: Lease for Lives, Renewable For Ever / Whether by Residence or Tithing and Grazing: Nothing Entered

[1] Unknown. 1831. Dublin Freeholders: Return of Number of Forty Shilling Freeholders in County of Dublin. Dublin: House of Commons. Online at http://www.dippam.ac.uk: accessed 5 July 2011.